• Wind and Structures
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.503-524
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• 2016

The suitability of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations on the built environment for the purpose of estimating average roughness characteristics and for studying wind flow patterns within the environment is assessed. Urban models of various levels of complexity are considered including an empty domain, array of obstacles arranged in regular and staggered manners, in-homogeneous roughness with multiple patches, a semi-idealized built environment, and finally a real built environment. For each of the test cases, we conducted CFD simulations using RANS turbulence closure and validated the results against appropriate methods: existing empirical formulas for the homogeneous roughness case, empirical wind speed models for the in-homogeneous roughness case, and wind tunnel tests for the semi-idealized built environment case. In general, results obtained from the CFD simulations show good agreement with the corresponding validation methods, thereby, giving further evidence to the suitability of CFD simulations for built environment studies consisting of wide-ranging roughness. This work also provides a comprehensive overview of roughness modeling in CFD-from the simplest approach of modeling roughness implicitly through wall functions to the most elaborate approach of modeling roughness explicitly for the sake of accurate wind flow simulations within the built environment.

• 한국디지털건축인테리어학회논문집
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.45-56
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• 2009

Understand that forming urban images and improving urban identity play an important role in the competitiveness of cities with resident-participating villages, local governments began to focus on selection and management of physical components to form urban identity. Recently, when the quality of urban scenes is posed as a problem, urban beautification projects including urban environment reorganization and scenery management are being actively conducted in many cities. The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the characteristics of cases of Japan, England, and USA in which the local governments conduct resident-participating villages to establish a frame of analysis, to classify the purposes, directions, contents and properties of projects, scenes, and formation of villages based on the established frame of analysis, to deduce suggestions from the view of urban scenes and formation of villages, and to present basic measures for developing projects with which local residents can form villages centered on urban scenes subjectively and autonomously in Korean local communities in the near future.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.22-32
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• 2010

The world is facing environmental problem described as climate change and exhaustion of fossil fuel. In order to solve theses problems, importance of renewable energy is extremely growing. For stable energy supply, it is need to apply hybrid renewable energy systems in urban-scale, because some renewable energy system' outputs are greatly influenced by climatic condition. Especially, solar irradiation and wind velocity are influenced by urban geometric environment as well as climatic condition. Therefore it is necessary to evaluate the renewable energy potential according as urban form. This study aims to evaluate the potential of solar energy and wind energy in urban-scale and classify urban type according as characteristics of urban forms. The results of this study will be used to develop renewable energy system application guidelines for urban and energy planning.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.378-386
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• 2014

The use of bus stop in the center lane has reduced the emissions of exhaust gas on the road due to the improvement of the traffic speed but has caused a health problem for the citizens who are waiting for the bus in the platform, and thus the air pollution control of bus stop in the center lane is emerging as a more important part. This study was conducted to investigate the air pollution degree for the center lane-bus stops in four regions using mobile air measuring vehicle, and to evaluate the characteristics of air pollution by comparing with the data measured at the urban air monitoring site close to the bus stops. In addition, the correlation analysis was performed to analyze the impact to neighboring region by vehicle exhaust gas. The regional mean concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the center lane-bus stops ranged from 0.025 to 0.043 ppm which shows from 2.5 times to 5.3 times higher than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group. The regional mean concentration of ozone in the center lane-bus stops ranged from 0.023 to 0.034 ppm which shows from 3% to 28% lower than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group. The concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and ozone for the sampling regions did not exceed one hour-air quality environmental standard (0.1 ppm). The mean concentration of particulate matter for four center lane-bus stops was $28{\mu}g/m^3$ which shows about 27% higher than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group, and that of particulate matter did not exceed one day-air quality environmental standard ($100{\mu}g/m^3$). In the results of correlation analysis between data from center lane-bus stops and data from urban air monitoring sites, the correlation coefficient (r) of nitrogen dioxide was relatively low as 0.316 to 0.416, and the correlation coefficient was high as the distance was close and vice versa. However, the correlation coefficient of ozone ranged from 0.167 to 0.658 and the correlation coefficient was high as the distance was far and vice versa.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.475-483
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• 2014

본 연구는 지역사회의 식환경 측정에 대한 시도로, 우리나라 일개 지역의 음식점의 분포와 접근성을 도시지역과 농촌지역으로 나누어 살펴보고, 우리나라 식생활의 특성을 반영하는 한식 음식점과 비한식 음식점의 분포와 접근성에 대해서 살펴보았다. 도농통합시에 해당하는 경기도 일개 시의 도시지역 2개 동과 농촌지역 1개 면을 대상으로, 해당지역에 위치한 음식점의 위치 정보를 수집하였고, 한국표준산업 분류체계에 따라 한식 음식점과 비한식 음식점으로 분류하였다. 조사 대상지역의 일부 거주자를 선정하여 대상자의 거주지를 기준으로 GIS 분석을 통해 단위구역 당 음식점의 밀도와 가장 가까운 음식점까지의 거리를 산출하였다. 그 결과, 도시지역이 농촌지역에 비해 음식점의 밀도가 높고, 음식점의 상권이 거주지를 중심으로 집중적으로 분포하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 도시지역은 한식 음식점보다 비한식 음식점의 접근성이 좋았던 반면, 농촌지역은 한식 음식점이 비한식 음식점보다 접근성이 좋았다. 본 연구는 최근 여러 분야에 접목되고 있는 GIS를 식환경 분야에 처음 도입하여 우리나라 지역사회의 외식환경의 현황을 파악한 연구로서 의의가 있으며, 추후 외식환경과 개인의 식생활의 연관성을 파악하기 위한 후속 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2005년도 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOIL & GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT
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• pp.81-82
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• 2005

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 1999년도 Japanese Journal of Medical Physics
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• pp.224-227
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• 1999

• 환경영향평가
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.15-28
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• 2010

Because deterioration of air quality and urban heat island directly harm health of citizens, Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for urban development projects needs to conduct analysis of their impacts objectively. This study aims to review appropriate methods for assessment of air quality used at each stage of urban development and to investigate prediction and assessment methods of urban heat island. In addition, by evaluating impacts of climate change following supposed urban construction performed in the central area of Korea on public health, it examines usefulness of HIA for urban construction. When urban heat island prediction and HIA method suggested in this study are applied to an imaginary city, they predict urban heat island properly and the impacts of climate changes on public health inside the city could be determined clearly by calculating life-climate index and bio-climate index related with thermal environment from the model.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.225-236
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• 2022

도시의 인구 증가와 이에 따른 개발로 인한 도시화는 도시 내 열섬현상과 같은 다양한 환경문제를 유발할 수 있다. 특히 계획적으로 구축되는 신도시의 경우 짧은 기간에 진행되는 급격한 도시화로 인한 도시 기후의 변화를 분석하기에 적절한 연구대상지로 여겨진다. 본 연구에서는 Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager/Thermal Infrared Sensor (OLI/TIRS) 위성영상을 활용하여 세종특별자치시 내 행정중심복합도시의 2013년부터 2020년 개발계획에 의한 토지피복 변화와 이에 따른 표면 열섬현상의 변화를 분석하였다. 이를 위해 위성영상에서 제공하는 열적외선 밴드값과 방사율을 고려하여 지표면온도를 산출하고, 이를 기반으로 표면 열섬현상 강도와 Urban Thermal Field Variance Index (UTFVI)의 변화분석을 수행하였다. 개발이 진행됨에 따른 토지피복 변화 및 피복별 열섬현상 강도의 차이 확인을 위해 환경부에서 제공하는 중분류 토지피복지도를 활용하였다. 분석 결과, 연구지역의 시가화 면적은 15% 증가하였고 자연식생은 28% 이상 줄어든 것이 확인되었다. 또한 이에 따른 열섬현상의 확장 및 강도 증가가 관측되었고, 열섬현상이 발생된 지역의 생태적 수준은 매우 낮은 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 급격한 도시화에 따른 열 환경의 정량적 변화 및 생태적 수준을 확인하고, 주거환경의 열 환경 개선을 위한 추가적인 정책의 필요성이 제시될 수 있다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2000

This study aims at restoring urban forest destructed and eliminated by industrialization, urbanization, and city development and presenting a direction to manage remaining urban forest ecologically. To this end, an experiment zone where Populus tomentiglandulosa T. Lee were selective cutted and a control zone where Populus tomentiglandulosa T. Lee were kept intact were created in Chongdam Park located in Kangnam-ku, Seoul. Then, the structural changes of herbaceous plant species, the growth of targeted woody plants, and the increase of the number of insect and bird species were examined. The conclusions reached in this study are as follows. First, for the sake of ecological restoration and management of urban forest, it is good to selective cutting. Although timing, frequency, and methods may vary depending on the features and types of urban forest, the study revealed that selective cutting contributes to the restoration speed of origin vegetation and the enhancement of biodiversity including plants and insects. Second, as for the correlations of selective cutting and the appearance of plant species, the growth of origin vegetation, and insect distribution, the study showed that the impact of meteorological environment such as brightness is much greater than that of soil environment. Third, in order to manage urban forest, tramping pressure needs to be controlled efficiently. The efficient control of tramping pressure would contribute in the appearance of herbaceous plants. It would also be beneficial in promoting biodiversity of birds by removing the impact of people using routes. Fourth, in order to enhance the overall biodiversity of urban forest, diverse environment needs to be provided. In particular, it is necessary to supply water that is insufficient in urban forest. Providing habitats such as forest wetland performs an important function to amphibians and birds that require water as well as the appearance of aquatic plants and insects. Therefore, ways to introduce water efficiently should be initiated.